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General Lymph System Vocab
Lymphatic System various vocabulary
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Anatomy
12th Grade
04/05/2016

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autoimmune increased thyroxine
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Grave's disease
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autoimmune diseases
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Rheumatoid arthritis
Type 1 diabetes
Grave's disease
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Afferent lymph vessels
Definition
go to the lymph nodes
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antihistamines
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medications commonly used to treat allergies
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vaccine examples
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mumps, measles, polio, tetanus
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person's own body cells
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lymphocytes will not normally attack
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genetics
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specific ability to recognize pathogens comes from this
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immune sera are used to treat...
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venomous snake bites, botulism, rabies, tetanus
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first line of immune defense
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skin and mucus membranes
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non-specific immunity examples
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fever and inflammation
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body part that regulates temperature
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hypothalamus
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fever
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increases metabolic rate of tissues & increases the repair process
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self-antigens
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Not normally perceived as antigens to the individual's own body
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